Meaning of alpha and omega | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The first and last; the beginning and end.
   uncountable, usually
2. A title for Jesus Christ and/or God, signifying that he is the beginning and end of all things.
3. Alternative letter-case form of alpha and omega.
   alt-of, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

“the alpha and omega of science”

“That I merited all I endured, I acknowledged—that I could scarcely endure more, I pleaded; and the alpha and omega of my heart’s wishes broke involuntarily from my lips in the words—‘Jane! Jane! Jane!’”

“We spoke once of vital lungs for Society: and in fact this question always rises as the alpha and omega of social questions, […]”

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

“Here you ſee the Alpha and Omega was Dead; And was not the Alpha and Omega God? And you ſee by the Scripture, that the Alpha and Omega was Dead: And was there any Alpha and Omega that Died but Jeſus Chriſt? And was there any Alpha and Omega that quickened out of Death to Life again, but Chriſt?”

“I. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the entire creation (Col. i. 16, 17). II. That He is the Alpha and Omega of the Divine manifestations (John xiv. 8—11). III. That He is the Alpha and Omega of the Scriptures (Isa. xliv. 6; Rev. i. 8). IV. That He is the Alpha and Omega of man’s salvation (Rom. v. 19). V. That He is the Alpha and Omega of spiritual life in the soul of the believer (John xv. 5). VI. That He is the Alpha and Omega of the believer’s glory (Rev. xxi.).”

“God is the Alpha and Omega or the beginning and end and, appropriately, the book opens and closes with this self-designation. Similarly, Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end and, once more, the book opens and closes with this self-designation.”

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